"Forgive me my pessimism, but I don’t think the cease-fire deal agreed to yesterday between Israel and Hamas is likely to be the beginning of peace any more than the release of the Iran’s American hostages was the beginning of a rapprochement between Tehran and Washington."
The U.S. has been at war with Iran for the last 45 years because the U.S. wants to reinstall the Shah as the ruler of Iran (as a U.S. puppet). There is nothing Iran could do to end this war without complete surrender to the U.S., and while there are many for whom and endless war is not only fine but desirable, for many this is just another example of the U.S. showing that it is the superpower which will never allow any country to oppose it with out sustaining massive damage (e.g., Vietnam -- we may have lost but the cost to NV was unimaginable).
"Forgive me my pessimism, but I don’t think the cease-fire deal agreed to yesterday between Israel and Hamas is likely to be the beginning of peace any more than the release of the Iran’s American hostages was the beginning of a rapprochement between Tehran and Washington."
The U.S. has been at war with Iran for the last 45 years because the U.S. wants to reinstall the Shah as the ruler of Iran (as a U.S. puppet). There is nothing Iran could do to end this war without complete surrender to the U.S., and while there are many for whom and endless war is not only fine but desirable, for many this is just another example of the U.S. showing that it is the superpower which will never allow any country to oppose it with out sustaining massive damage (e.g., Vietnam -- we may have lost but the cost to NV was unimaginable).
On the money. Unfortunately.